Improvement in oil-feeders for oiling machines



C. CARROLL & G. E. MOTT.

OIL-'FEEDERS Fon oILING MACHINES. No.183,130. Pazennea 0015.10. 187e.

UNITED YNSTATES PATENT CFFICE.

CHARLES CARROLL AND GEORGE E. MOTT, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-FEEDERS FOR OILING MACHINES.

.Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,130, dated October 10, 1876; application led March 18, 1876.'

To all whom it may concern y Beit known that we, CHARLES CARROLL and GEORGE EDMUND MOTT, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and Improved Oil-Feeder for Oiling Machines, of which the following is a specification:

Our invention consists in constructing an oil-feeder so as to adapt .it t'or ready application to, and use in connection with, a bottle, can, or other vessel containing oil.

The invention further consists in constructing an oil-feeder with a pressure-chamber, at one side of which the oil is introduced through an aperture guarded by a valve, and from the other side ot' which it is ejected through a nozzle.

rlhe object of our invention is to facilitate the oiling of machinery, and to save time and oil.

The oil is fed or discharged from the apparatus on the same principle as in apparatus now in use, excepting that the top instead of the bottom is [nade otl exible material, so as to press the air and eject the oil.

ln the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of our improved oil-feeder applied to the bottle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the upper portion of the feeder. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the induction portion. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the entire A represents a hollow cylinder, the top B ot' which is made of lexible material, and slightly convex, so that it may-be pressed inward to eject the oil. G is a nozzle, secured to the top B, and extending withinthe cylinder A, with the interior of which it communicates through apertures t' in close proximity chamber L communicates with the interior of the cylinder A through apertures t in its walls. E represents a stopper, of cork or other material, surrounding the tube D, to adapt it to tit within the neck of a bott-le, can, or other receptacle containing oil. F is a collar on the nozzle C for applying pressure with the linger, in order to discharge the oil. O is a ball-valve interposed between the lower end u ot' the discharge-nozzle and Ythe inlet-opening e of the tube D.

Operation: It' the feeder be inserted in the neck of the bottle, as illustrated at K in Fig. l, or of a can or other receptacle containing oil, and the feeder and oil-receptacle be inverted, with the point c downward, the ballvalve O will fall out ot the opening e of the tube D against the base u ot' the nozzle C. The oil will then enter the tube D through its orifice u, and will pass through the orifices c t t into the cylinder A until the latter is filled. Pressure being now appliedl to the collar F, the base u of the nozzle C will press the ball O against the orice e and close it and as, at the same time, the top B is forced inward, the oil will be driven into the nozzle O by the pressure through the slots z', and a small quantity will be forced out, through the discharge-orifice c. When the collar F is released the top B will spring back to its normal position. This relieves the ball-valve O of pressure, permitting it to fall hack and leave the orifice e open, so that enough oil will ow into the cylinder A to replace that ejected through the nozzle U. lt' the bottle is placed in an upright position while the cylinder A is full of oil, the ball-valve O will drop into the opening e, and thus prevent thc oil running back into the bottle.

The device prevents wasting oil, as the operator can always eject the exact quantity desired. It also saves the labor and trouble of `filling from a can or bottle.

The machine can be made to it in small bottles for oiling sewing-machines, Svc., and also to t cans oi' any size for oiling machinery.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The cylinder A, constructed with an induc- 4. The combination of `the cylinder A, inner chamber L, inlet e, and nozzle C, `constructed and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

GHAS. CARROLL. GEO. E. MOTT.

Witnesses:

JAMES LEGMENE, FRANCIS B. LEE. 

